John Mica
Mica Extends Olive Branch to Amtrak, Dems Pound Rail Privatization Plan
Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL), the top Democrat on the Railroads Subcommittee, began her remarks at yesterday’s Transportation Committee hearing like this:
June 23, 2011
Think Privatizing Amtrak Services is a Good Idea? Think Again.
House Transportation Committee Chair John Mica (R-FL) is moving forward with his plan to hand over the Northeast Corridor to private companies, despite (or because of) the fact that such a move could write Amtrak’s obituary.
June 21, 2011
Bike-Ped Defunding Proposal Sparks Mutiny in Mica’s Home District
The residents of Florida's 7th Congressional District must contend with some of the most dangerous pedestrian crossings in the country. And it's beginning to sound like they're tired of it.
June 21, 2011
Mica Accedes to Dems’ Request to Delay Action on Rail Privatization
John Mica has blinked.
June 21, 2011
House Plan to Privatize Northeast Corridor Retains Public Ownership
Under the House Republicans’ proposal to bring more private competition to the nation’s most valuable transportation asset, the Northeast Corridor would remain in public hands. Transportation Committee Chair John Mica (R-FL) made clear that under his and Rail Subcommittee Chair Bill Shuster’s plan, “the public maintains ownership of the corridor; we’re not giving it to any private firm.”
June 15, 2011
House Transportation Committee To Begin Reauthorization Next Week
Correction: Only the rail portion of the bill, specifically the GOP proposal to privatize the Northeast Corridor, will be rolled out next week. The rest of the bill, Mica said, will be introduced in the week after the July 4 recess, followed by a period for comment and public participation, and then a markup July 12.
June 15, 2011
GOP Proposal to Privatize the Northeast Corridor Meets Resistance
House Republicans, led by Transportation Committee leaders John Mica (R-FL) and Bill Schuster (R-PA), have a plan to take the Northeast Corridor out of Amtrak’s control and privatize it. They’ve long called Amtrak a “Soviet-style operation” that loses money.
May 27, 2011
Mica and Nadler Duke It Out on the Pages of Politico Over Transpo Funding
In an op-ed in Politico this morning, House Transportation Committee Chair John Mica (R-FL) calls for getting rid of waste and inefficiencies in the transportation system, shifting more power to the states, and “doing more with less.”
May 23, 2011
Republican Response to USDOT’s High-Speed Rail Grantees
In my last story about the allocation of high-speed rail funds, I said House Transportation Committee Chair John Mica (R-FL) must be pleased to finally see the Northeast Corridor get its due. In a statement hot off the GOP's presses, Mica didn't sound exactly pleased.
May 9, 2011
Mica Wants to Abandon Federal Commitment to Bike-Ped Funding
A few final notes before we all head home for the weekend...
May 6, 2011